Gotta love the Vegas! Especially when downtown transforms into a massive music and arts festival called Life Is Beautiful that features so much simultaneous content we can’t even attempt live coverage on the site; then again, there’s only three of present to handle six stages, a learning center and tons of activations. Instead we’ve decided to do individual recaps of […]
It was a rough day in terms of new discoveries, most of the bands we watched were repeats of band’s we loved on day one and two (i.e. We Met Tomorrow, Skyroads, etc). Taymir had a shorter set than yesterday during the Netherlands Happy Hour that still left us wanting more after now seeing them twice in 24 hours. Kiven […]
Another fantastic day of international music discoveries. Although the majority of acts seemed to consist of bands overly employing the use of artificial noise; a synthesizer, a drum pad and some something that emanated sounds unnatural to bolster the music. But through that insanity we found some real gems: Bad//Dreems If the Replacements had an Australian accent, they would absolutely […]
It’s time for the 5th annual Culture Collide festival where international bands migrate to Los Angeles for a weekend of music discovery. Often times the bands playing wouldn’t have a chance of coming out this way if it wasn’t for the fine folks at Culture Collide scouring the best talent from around the world each year. And more often than […]
“Rock and roll is – and should be – a kid’s place.” ~ Ben Folds December 2013 You are dared to define this…these young bloods of anarchy, good manners and one with a nifty bow tie. Brooklyn, New York. Sons of Flatbush, Malcolm Brickhouse (guitar), Jarad Dawkins (bass) and Alec Atkins (drums) are, Unlocking The Truth: literally and figuratively and you have to […]
You care about music, don’t you? You care about it enough to be reading a website that was born out of a deep love for the stuff. So ask yourself this question: Where would you be, what would your life be like without music? If you put that question to a cross section of your local, let alone your global, […]
The Sunset Strip has always been home to an unique community of creative arts often spear-headed by passionate locals. Over many decades The Sunset Strip has produced comedy legends like Richard Pryor, Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Cheech and Chong and musical acts like The Doors, Motley Crue, Guns N Roses and Frank Zappa (to name a few). And through it […]
